Lower Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail
in Texas
Trail Information Roundtrip Distance: 1.0 mile (1.6 km) Elevation Change: 120 feet (36 m) Average hiking time: 30 minutes Dogs and other pets are not allowed on any trails in the park. The Lower Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail is a relatively flat, easy hike to a pouroff that is dry most of the year. A good portion of the trail follows a gravel wash lined by Mexican persimmon, Mexican buckeye, and desert hackberry trees.
The wash is bounded by volcanic hills with layers of yellow and orange ash-flow tuffs. Large congomerate boulders litter the valley bottom. The trail ends at the pouroff—a 100-foot tall vertical channel carved into rock that funnels water from the mesa above.
During the rainy season, flashfloods may race down the wash. Be careful and don't get caught in the canyon during a storm. Accessibility The upper part of the trail is a fairly flat dirt and rock path.
- States
- Texas
- Trail type
- National Park trail
- Centroid coords
- 29.2341°, -103.4070°
About Big Bend National Park
This trail is inside Big Bend National Park, a national park managed by the U.S. National Park Service. Conditions, road status, trail closures, and reservation requirements are published on the park's NPS page — check it before driving in, especially in winter or during major weather events.
Entrance fee: $30 per vehicle (verify current rate on the park page). An America the Beautiful annual pass ($80) covers entrance to all NPS units.
Official NPS trail page: https://www.nps.gov/places/lower-burro-mesa-pouroff-trail.htm
Park homepage: https://www.nps.gov/bibe/index.htm
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Lower Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
Other trails within 50 miles
Burro Spring Trail
1 miles from this trail's centroid
Upper Burro Mesa Pouroff Trail
2 miles from this trail's centroid
Chimneys Trail
2 miles from this trail's centroid
Ward Spring Trail
2 miles from this trail's centroid
Homer Wilson Ranch Trail
3 miles from this trail's centroid
Blue Creek Trail
3 miles from this trail's centroid
Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.